Elected officials and tenants' rights advocates are demanding a freeze for residents hit hard by the destabilizing effects of the Coronavirus outbreak, which has crippled the economic life of America's largest city, according to Curbed NY.

These individuals, by virtue of their age and/or underlying medical condition, are particularly vulnerable to serious illness or death if infected by COVID-19, according to the New York Daily News.

An entire unit of incarcerated immigrants have organized a hunger strike at the Essex County Correctional Facility in protest of lack of basic sanitation measures, according to NJ.com.

Earlier this week, the New York State Office of Court Administration suspended all eviction proceedings statewide but this moratorium did not include cases that were recently disposed of and transmitted to a marshal to execute, according to the Queens Daily Eagle.

The Legal Aid Society called on the New York State Department of Correction and Community Supervision today to immediately suspend all parole hearings pending the installation of video conferencing technology - DOCCS currently only has one open video room, according to THE CITY.

Clients in several facilities in the borough jails and on Rikers Island reported that they do not have access to soap (or hand sanitizer, which is treated as contraband) in their housing units, according to The Appeal.

As the COVID-19 continues to spread across New York, The Legal Aid Society called for a moratorium on arrests and reaffirmed the need for the immediate release of all New Yorkers held on parole violations or in pretrial detention, reports City Limits.

Jason Wu, a Housing Attorney at The Legal Aid Society, makes the case for an immediate eviction moratorium in today’s Gotham Gazette.

The Legal Aid Society seeks clarity from the Department of Correction and Correctional Health Services on plans to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19 at local jails, according to the New York Daily News.

People in custody across the state are routinely forced to work grueling hours in deplorable conditions for pennies on the dollar, according to the New York Post.